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ELLSWORTI-I E. FLORA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO SIMPLEX METAL-BOUND BOX COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

METAL-BOUND BOTTLE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21 1912.

Application filed May 11, 1911. Serial No. 626,438.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLswon'rn E. FLORA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metal-Bound Bottle-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvement in bottle cases of the general type employed as delivery-boxes by bottlers of beer and other beverages. These boxes are provided with a plurality of shallow pockets for rece v ng and holding the bottles in upright position. They are intendedfor repeated use, and as they are subjected in handling to much rough usage they must be very strong to be durable, for which reason they are usually constructed with great care and of comparatively thick lumber of good quality, which renders them expensive. 1

My object is to provide such a box of novel construction which renders it particularly strong and durable as Well as easy of repair and permits of its being made of thinner and less expensive lumber than has hitherto been deemed necessary.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box; Fig. 2, an enlarged fragmentary section of the boxcorner taken on line 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an enlarged broken and partly sectional View, the section being taken on a steep slant at line 3 in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4, perspective views of the separate parts entering into the construction of the end of the box; Figs. 5 and 6, broken perspective views, respectively, of the box side and bottom; Fig. 7, a sheet-metal clip employed to fasten down the partitions in the box; Fig. 8, a broken section on line 8 in Fig. 6; Fig. 9 an enlarged broken section taken on line 9 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 10, a perspective view of a clip used as additional supporting means for the box bottom-board.

The body-portion of the box consists of the sides 9, 9 each preferably in one piece, the bottom 10, which may be in one or -a plurality of pieces, and the box-ends, formed, in the box as illustrated, of three strips or members 11, 12 and 13. The metal binding for the sides and bottom at each box-end consists of a metal strip bent longitudinally to produce a trough-shaped sec tion 14, flanked by an inner flange 15 and an outer, inwardly-projecting, flange 16. The

strips 11, 12 and 13 are each provided in their end-edges with saw-kerfs or recesses 17 The strip or member 11 is formed'with an opening 38 to be used as a hand-hold, and the upper and lower edges of the strip or member 11 and the lower edges of the strips or members 12 and 13 are formed with longitudinally extending grooves 18. The bottom 10 has saw-kerfs or recesses 19, 20 near each end and the sides have sawkerfs hr recesses 21 near each end. The binding-strips are provided with V-shaped cuts and bent at the points 22 to form the lower box-end corners.

In assembling the box, the bottom 10 is slipped at its ends into the lower stretches of the troughs 14 of the binding-strips, so as to be engaged at its recesses 19 by the lower end-portions of the vertical stretches of the flanges l6 and at its recesses 20 by the horizontal stretches of the flanges 16. The sides 9 are then passed downward in the troughs 14 with their recesses 21 engaged by the flanges 16 and slid down until they rest upon the bottom-board 10. Each lower end-member 13 is then caused to be engaged at its recesses 17 by the flanges 15 of the binding-strip and slid down until the longitudinal recess 18 in its lower edge engages and passes over the lower stretch of the flange 15, as shown in Fig. 9. The boxsides 9 at each end-portion and the bindingstrips are provided with coincident openings 23, at the upper and lower edges of the end-members 13, for the passage of tie-rods or bolts 24, which are placed in position and tightened by means of nuts 25. The boxend members 12 are then caused to engage at their recesses 17 with the binding strip flanges 15 and are slid down against the members 13, causing their grooves 18 to house the bolts 24. Tie-rods, or bolts, 24 are then passed along the upper edges of the members 12 through openings 26 in the sides 9 and binding-strips and fastened in place by nuts 25. slid at their recesses 17 down the flanges 15 to rest against the members 12; their lower grooves 18 housing the rods 24.

As a protection for the upper edge of each end-member 11 I provide longitudinally-troughed metal cap-pieces 27, which fit over the said upper edges and have per-- forated projecting lips 28. These cap-pieces are placed upon the members 11 and tie- The members 11 are then rods 24 are passed through the perforations in the lips 28 and coincident openings 29 in the sides 9 and binding-strips, to rest in the grooves 18 in the upper edges of the members 11. These rods are also secured by nuts 25. As an additional safeguard, the metal cap-pieces 27 may be further secured to the members 11 with rivets 30 passing through coincident openings 31 in the cappieces and upper end-members.

When the nuts 25 are tightened upon the rods or bolts the parts are held rigidly to-. gether. The box-bottom 10 is housed at its ends in the trough-shaped sections 14 of the binding strips and engaged at its recesses 19, 20 by the flanges 16 of the bindingstrips; the box-sides 9 are housed at their ends in the troughs 14 and engaged at their recesses 21 by the flanges 16 of the binding strips, and the box-end members. are engaged at their end-recesses 17 by the flanges 15 of the binding-strips. Furthermore, the lower end-members 13 are engaged at the recesses 18 in their under edges by the lower or horizontal stretches of the flanges 15.

The bottom nests or pockets 32 are formed in a common manner with cross-partition strips 33 formed in their upper edges with coincident recesses to receive narrow longitudinally extending partition strips 34. To fasten down the partitions 33, 34 I provide metal clips 35 having end-points 36 and wings provided with points 37. The clips, opened as shown in Fig. 7, are passed over the end-portions of the partition-strips 34 and their points 36 are driven into the boxends, after which they are squeezed to bring their wings against opposite sides of the strips 34 and cause their points 37 to indent themselves into the strips.

To strengthen the attachment of the bottom 10 to the ends I provide the clips 39 formed, preferably, as shown in Fig. 10,

which may be located one at the center and one at each end of the lower stretch of each binding strip. The clips 39 have flanges 40, which are inserted between the bottomboard 10 and upper wall of the metal trough (as shown in Fig. 9), and hooks 41 extending into the recesses 18 of the end sections 13. The lower rods 24 are passed through I the hooks 41 and serve thus to reinforce the lower stretch of the metal binding-strip and give additional support to the box-bottom.

Constructed as described the box is particularly strong and durable and capable of withstanding a great deal of rough usage. In the event that any part becomes injured, removal of the nuts and bolts enables the box to be taken apart for the substitution of a new piece for that which has been injured.

The foregoing description is intended to convey a clear understanding of my improvements in what I now believe to be the best form of their embodiment, and no undue limitation should be understood therefrom. It is my intention to claim all that is novel. in my invention, and that the claims shall be construed as broadly as the prior state of the art may warrant.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a metal-bound bottle-box, the combination of end-boards and side-boards, metal binding-strips having trough-shaped sections, in which the end-portions of the sideboards are contained, and flanges, projecting from the inner edges of the said trough sections, engaging .the end-members, and tie rods extending transversely -of the endboards in the planes of the meeting surfaces thereof and through the side-boards and binding-strips, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a metal-bound bottle-box, the combination of side-boards, metal binding-strips having trough-shaped sections in which the end-portions of the side-boards are contained, and flanges projecting from the inner edges of said trough-sections, endboards provided in their edges with recesses in which said flanges are contained, and tierods extending transversely of the endboards and through the side-boards in the planes of the meeting surfaces thereof and binding-strips, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a metal-bound bottle-box. the combination of side-boards, metal binding-strips having trough-shaped sections, in which the end-portions of the side-boards are contained, and flanges projecting from the inner edges of said trough-sections, end-boards each comprising a plurality of parallel members provided in their end-edges with recesses in which said flanges are contained, and tie'rods extending at their ends through opposite sideboards and the binding-strips, in the planes of the meeting surfaces of the end-members, the end-board members being grooved for the passage of the tie-rods, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. Ina metal-bound bottle-box, the combination of side and bottom boards and end boards having recesses in their lower edges, metal binding-strips having trough-shaped sections engaging the side and bottom boards and flanges engaging the end-boards, rods extending in the said recesses of the end-boards and through openings in the opposite side-boards, and clips connecting said binding-strips and rods between the side-boards, for the purpose set forth.

ELLSWORTH E. FLORA.

In the presence of R. A. RAYMOND, J. G. ANDERSON. 

